Lightroom 5.6 Catalog

I keep all my photos, except those I am currently working, on a network drive - Buffalo\share\pictures. Somehow in my Catalog I have ended up with 2 entries for the Buffalo\share. One has only 1 folder - 'Family' - and the other has all my other photos including the most recent ones in 'Family'. I cannot drag the Family folder as the message is that 'the photographs already exist in that location'. Which, of course, they do. Can anyone advise how I can combine these so that all Buffalo pics are in one section. See attached screenshot. Thank you.

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